Habari
Habari is a relatively new blogging engine being developed by a pretty talented group (Chris Davis and Michael Heilemann among others). I just installed version .4.1 on another of my domains to dicker around with… and to say I’m impressed is the understatement of the day.
The Media Silo concept alone is worth the move.
One of the most appealing things to me is the Habari approach to the admin panel. Michael has produced a couple screencasts (1, 2) that cover WP 2.3’s implementation, and his commentary should be required listening for anyone involved with interface design. He just gets it.
The funny thing is, I’ve been lurking on the WP Dev mailing list and it actually seems like they (WP Devs) have been listening, but as is too often the case, they’re not listening to the whole story. They’ve gone off half cocked and redesigned the WP back end—even bringing in Happy Cog, who’d probably be wise to not advertise the fact—and many people really aren’t digging it (myself included).
I’ve been thinking of jumping ship anyway because I don’t agree with a lot of what Automattic is doing, and the opportunity to get involved at the ground level of what appears to be a kickass project is something that appeals to me greatly right now.
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